The Peg-Leg Mine is a silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Peg-Leg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peg-Leg Mine
Secondary: Idaho-Utah Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: 2 NARROW BEDS OF ORE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TUNNEL 260 FEET LONG, OF WHICH 190 FEET IS IN IDAHO.
Comment (Deposit): 24 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): AT THE IDAHO-UTAH BORDER.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE LIMESTONE IS OVERLAIN UNCONFORMABLY BY A WEST DIPPING QUARTZITE AND UNDERLIES AN ORDOVICIAN BLACK CARBONACEOUS SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, SF, VIPONT DISTRICT MINES AND PROSPECT: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, VOL 23 , NO. 7 , JULY 15 , 1921 , P. 11 - 14
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1939, P. 471
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-18-1958
The Top Ten Gold Producing States
These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.
